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Molluscs of Tasmania

Trochidae – Trochinae: Cantharidella picturata (A. Adams & Angas, 1864) (‘painted kelp-shell’)

Synonym(s): picturata A. Adams & Angas, 1864 dolorosa Tenison-Woods.

Typical shell-length 7.0 mm. Lives intertidally and subtidally amongst seaweed. Native. Endemic to southeastern Australia (NSW and TAS).

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Subfamily: Trochinae
Genus: Cantharidella

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